Syngamus trachea
Taxonomy
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Nematoda
- Class Secernentea
- Order Strongylida
- Superfamily Strongyloidea
- Family Syngamidae
- Genus Syngamus
Final host
Galliform birds
Morphology
The large reddish female (≈ 1-3 cm long) and the small whitish male (≈ 0.5 cm long) are permanently in copula forming a 'Y' shape The worms have large shallow cup-shaped buccal capsules, which have up to 10 teeth at their base and there are no leaf crowns Eggs (≈ 78-100 µm) are thick-shelled, with two plugs at their ends and contain a morula when laid
Cycle
Direct (with earthworms and other invertebrates as paratenic hosts)
Location
Trachea
Feeding
Haematophagous
Diagnostic
Eggs
Transmission
L3 (within the egg, hatched or within a paratenic host)
